Reginaia ebenus
Species of mussel
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Reginaia ebenus is a species of mussel.[1][2][3] It goes by the common name ebonyshell.[1][2][4]
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| Reginaia ebenus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Reginaia |
| Species: | R. ebenus |
| Binomial name | |
| Reginaia ebenus (I. Lea, 1831) | |
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The species is listed as least concern by the IUCN,[1] but is endangered in Missouri[5] and Minnesota.[6]
History
Originally the native range for this extended from around the Twin Cities in Minnesota and the Upper Mississippi, and went all the way downstream to the Gulf of Mexico. Then in 1913, a dam was built on the Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa cutting off the northern home range for breeding ebonyshells.[7]
Taxonomy
Occurrence
It has been found in states like Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia and Oklahoma.[1]
Conservation
In Minnesota pollution and dams have been a cause for its decline.[6]
